SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: cnyndwllr who wrote (135190)6/2/2004 1:00:37 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
The army should have immediately come clean because before the firefight was even over they had to KNOW that it was a friendly fire incident.

I actually find myself agreeing with you, once again.. This is getting scary..

But I think we have to be careful in trying to blame the higher echelons without casting some real doubts over the company (and possibly battalion) level commanders who obtained, evaluated, and dissemination the after action reports from that action.

They had some serious questions to answer as to why they didn't have situational awareness about the status of their troop dispositions and areas of responsibility related to fields of fire.

Two patrols should not have collided together and that shows that their low-level officers failed in preventing this fratricidal event and uneccessarily endangered the lives of their men..

Furthermore, having been a reconaissance Cavalry scout early on in my military career, it doesn't make sense having two patrols covering the same ground.

But again, I'm offering this criticism based upon a lack of information and merely based upon some implicit logic that might be faulty.

War is an imperfect, and deadly, science.

Btw, I can't find anything so specific as to state that it was two patrols who intersected. Could you provide a link to where you received that information?

Hawk
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News